{"product_id":"degrees-of-dignity-elizabeth-buckner-9781487528959","title":"Degrees of Dignity: Arab Higher Education in the Global Era","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, \u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert approaches to institutional reform. Drawing on policy documents, media narratives, interviews, and personal experiences, Elizabeth Buckner explores how apolitical external reform models become contested and modified by local actors in ways that are simultaneously complicated, surprising, and even inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e documents how the global discourses of neoliberalism have legitimized specific policy models for higher education reform in the Arab world, including quality assurance, privatization, and internationalization. Through a multi-level and comparative analysis, this book examines how policy models are implemented, with often complex results, in countries throughout the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e calls on the field of higher education development to rethink current approaches to higher education reform: rather than viewing the Arab world as a site for intervention, it argues that the Arab world can act as a source for insight on resilient higher education systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Buckner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487528957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487528959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Elizabeth Buckner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993720914175,"sku":"9781487528959","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dafa66c6-1541-442c-8a1e-e26c3d96fb9c.jpg?v=1683325926","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/degrees-of-dignity-elizabeth-buckner-9781487528959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}